Certificate in Educational Leadership and Management
Program Highlights
Overcoming Pressing Educational Challenges
- Type of Degree: Non-degree Certificate
- Format: Employer Based, Cohort Model
- Length: Saturdays once a month for five months
- Department: Executive Education
NOTE: The ELM Certificate is only offered to employers who sponsor a cohort of participants. Employers must sponsor at least 10 students to establish a cohort.
Overcome Pressing Educational Challenges
Today, leaders in K-12 education must navigate a terrain that includes federal grant requirements, collective bargaining agreements, public relations, statutory shifts, tight budgets, fierce political fights, changing academic standards, and an urgent focus on helping all children succeed. Effective leaders and managers must find new ways to address the challenges and embrace opportunities in the K-12 educational environment.
A Focus on Leadership and Management in Education
The McCourt School’s Certificate in Educational Leadership and Management (ELM) builds the skills and knowledge that local and state leaders need to address large-scale challenges and bring bold and positive change in technology, human resources, school turnaround efforts, innovation zones, teacher quality reforms, and accountability initiatives. Other education leadership programs focus on innovation in pedagogy. In contrast, the ELM emphasizes the management and leadership skills needed to implement and sustain reforms.
The ELM is designed for district and state managers and leaders involved with budgeting, managing human resources, negotiating contracts, writing rules, applying for and adhering to federal grants, or designing and implementing reform initiatives.
Innovative Curriculum Addressing Bold Change
The ELM curriculum is designed to help local and state education officials support and lead improvement efforts. Instruction focuses on finding smarter, more powerful ways to leverage tools, talent, time, and money, within the constraints presented by norms, rules, regulations, contracts, and statutes.
Sample Courses
- Building a Culture of Excellence in School Systems
- Spending Dollars Smarter
- Leveraging Talent & Improving Teacher Performance
- Harnessing Technology to Rethink Teaching and Learning
- Making Rules, Regulations, and Contracts Work for You
Elite Team of Nationally Recognized Faculty
Our Certificate is taught by an elite team of nationally recognized faculty who offer essential, practical guidance to help district and state education staff think dynamically about how to improve schools. Read more about our faculty.
Georgetown Certificate and Continuing Education Units
All Participants who attend and complete all sessions will receive a Georgetown University Certificate in Education Management and Leadership and 3.0 Continuing Education Units (CEU).
Tuition
Tuition includes a light breakfast, lunch, books, and handouts. Tuition ranges from $2,000 per student to $5,200 per student depending on the cohort size and class location.
*NOTE: Students in this program are not eligible for federal financial aid.
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Employer Based, Cohort Model
The ELM Certificate is offered to employers who sponsor a cohort of participants. Employers must sponsor at least 10 students to establish a cohort.
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